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Re: Correction to text on main landing page for TortoiseSVN

From: Simon Large <simon.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 09:27:46 +0100

2009/5/14 Richard S. Mitchell <urchard_at_comcast.net>:
> The first sentence on the site (tortoisesvn.net/)
>
> 'TortoiseSVN is an easy to use SCM / source control software for Microsoft
> Windows and  MAYBE  the best standalone Subversion client there is.'
>
> should read
>
> 'TortoiseSVN is an easy to use SCM / source control software for Microsoft
> Windows and  MAY  BE  the best standalone Subversion client there is.'
>
> 'maybe' is an adverb; 'may be' is a verb phrase, which is what you mean.

That's not the way I read it.

Rather than

  "... and it may be the best ..."

I assumed it meant

  "... and perhaps the best ..."

in which case "maybe" is correct.

Simon

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